Disclosure Ref: 11

Statistics on corporate manslaughter convictions

Freedom of Information Act 2000 Request

Request.

I ask for details of convictions, but if you have information about the number of prosecutions as well, that would be useful. I don't need details of the cases, just the total.

Response

In response to the above request including cases in which the proceedings are on-going, there have been 25 prosecutions for corporate manslaughter. Of these, 20 have resulted in conviction.

Please find table below with details of convictions.

| Name of organisation | Outcome of the case and year of outcome | |---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| | Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings Ltd | Guilty - 2011 | | Lion Steel Equipment Ltd | Guilty plea - 2012 | | Princes Sporting Club Ltd | Guilty plea - 2013 | | Mobile Sweepers (Reading) Ltd | Guilty plea - 2014 | | PS & JE Ward | Not guilty - 2014 | | MNS Mining | Not guilty - 2014 | | Company Name | Verdict | Date | |--------------------------------------------------|------------------|------------| | Sterecycle (Rotheram) Ltd | Guilty | 2014 | | Cavendish Masonry Ltd | Guilty | 2014 | | Peter Mawson Ltd | Guilty plea | 2015 | | Pyranha Mouldings | Guilty | 2015 | | Huntley Mount Engineering Ltd | Guilty plea | 2015 | | CAV Aerospace Ltd | Guilty | 2015 | | Linley Developments Ltd | Guilty plea | 2015 | | Kings Scaffolding Ltd | Guilty | 2015 | | Baldwin’s Crane Hire Ltd | Guilty | 2015 | | Cheshire Gate and Automation Ltd | Guilty plea | 2015 | | Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust | Judge directed acquittal | 2016 | | Sherwood Rise | Guilty plea | 2016 | | Bilston Skips Ltd | Guilty | 2016 | | Monavan Construction Ltd | Guilty plea | 2016 | | Ozdil Investments | Guilty | 2017 | | SR and RJ Brown | Guilty | 2017 | | JTf Wholesale | Awaiting trial | | | Master Construction Products Ltd | Awaiting trial | | | Martinisation Ltd | Guilty | 2017 |